Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Dalai Lama Quotes
Personal PotentialSelf-ConfidenceGlobal Impact With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
ProsperityPerseveranceDisciplineSacrificeHard Work In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
Education My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
CommunicationConflict Resolution The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
HopePerseveranceStruggle I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.
KindnessCompassionResponsibilityEthicsService If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
CompassionWell-beingHappiness More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
PeaceInner PeaceSelf-acceptance We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
TrustInsecurityDistrustRelationship Strain A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
Separation of Church and StateHypocrisy I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!
PatienceIntrinsic ValueSpiritualityFaithReflection I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
BeliefMisconceptionSkepticismTruth If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
Open-mindednessInvestigationBuddhismFaith Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
Inner StrengthHappinessKindnessIntegrityPositivity It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
LibertyResiliencePerseveranceJustice It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
ChangeContinuityMeaningfulnessTransformationReflection Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Human NatureGentlenessAuthenticity Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.
Compassion If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Human ValuesHarmony Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
HistoryTruth The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.
AppearanceRealityInterdependenceAbsolutes Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
AuthorityResponsibilityEthics And IntegrityLeadership My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
ReligionLoveCompassionJusticeContentment All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
HappinessPositive ThinkingInfluence Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
CommunicationSilenceInfluenceIntentionEffectiveness Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Purpose The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
EducationCognitive DevelopmentEmotional IntelligenceBalance I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
HistoryCulture I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
TechnologyHuman AbilityCompassionHuman Qualities I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.
ScienceInnovationBuddhismIntegration I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.
HarmonyTrustFear Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.
LeadershipModernization I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
HumilityHumanity If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just one human being.
LeadershipSpiritualityCultural IdentityPolitical Positions The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.
EducationValue Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values.